“The majority of the reads came from our Promotion Execution Management solution,” says Peter Rieman, executive VP, a T3Ci cofounder, and a former executive with manufacturing execution system pioneer Consilium. “If everything runs perfectly, you can get a 25 percent lift from a special promotion campaign, but nothing ever works perfectly in retail. Boxes get shipped to the wrong store; they get set up early; or not at all. Success comes down to raising the level of quality in execution, and we’re doing that with some 30 companies now.”

Riemen says it took three years for the company to hit its first billionth read, but anticipates the second billionth will take only four months.

This article collection contains several articles on how advancements in vision system designs, computing power, algorithms, optics, and communications are making machine vision more cost effective than ever before.

This article collection contains several articles on how advancements in vision system designs, computing power, algorithms, optics, and communications are making machine vision more cost effective than ever before.

This article collection contains several articles on how advancements in vision system designs, computing power, algorithms, optics, and communications are making machine vision more cost effective than ever before.